Slides, 1953-1976, bulk 1961-1976.

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Slides, 1953-1976, bulk 1961-1976.

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The accession consists of 286 35mm black and white slides and 96 glass lantern slides which illustrate the scientific work and achievements of Scripps Institution of Oceanography Associate Engineer Frank Snodgrass from 1953-1976. The glass lantern slides include slides depicting data on internal waves, stratified fluid tidal equations, Progue measurements and equation of state of sea water. The 35mm slides include schematics, data, images of instruments designed by Frank Snodgrass, images of research vessels and the campus of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, images of the ocean bottom, and a few portraits of Frank Snodgrass. While the images include items dated 1953-1976, the accession largely documents Frank Snodgrass's work during the period 1961-1975 when he was working closely with Walter H. Munk.

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University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Library. Archives.

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Munk, Walter H. (Walter Heinrich), 1917-

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Geophysicist and oceanographer. Munk received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the California Institute of Technology in 1939 and 1940 and his Ph. D. in 1947. Munk served as assistant and associate professor of geophysics at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography from 1947 to 1954 when he became professor of geophysics in the University of California Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics. Munk founded the Instittue and served as its director from 1959 to 1984. He is a member of the Nation...

Snodgrass, Frank, 1920-1985.

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